# Incident 20120227001769I: Piper PA-18-150, Lewiston, ID, February 27, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2012, 17:49 local time
- Place: Lewiston, ID
- Airport: Lewiston
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3931° N, 116.9935° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lewiston, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3931&lon=-116.9935&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4313P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4313P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 28,000 total, 240 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120227001769I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

INCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS NUMBER 2 IN A FLIGHT OF FOUR PA-18 AIRPLANES ENROUTE FROM COLORADO TO ALASKA.  THIS LEG ORIGINATED FROM A FUEL STOP IN GRANGEVILLE, ID FLYING TO SPOKANE, WA FOR FUEL AND OVERNIGHT STOP.  LEAD AIRCRAFT GOT AN UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REPORT BETWEEN LEWISTON AND SPOKANE, AND DECIDED TO LAND AT THE LEWISTON, ID AIRPORT.  WHILE ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 21 THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT LOST POWER.  THE PILOT APPLIED CARB HEAT, FULL THROTTLE, CHECKED FUEL VALVE, AND MAGNETOS WITH NO EFFECT. WHEN THE PILOT SAW THAT HE COULD NOT MAKE THE AIRPORT HE DECIDED TO LAND IN AN OPEN FIELD 1/4 MILE FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY NEXT TO A GOLF COURSE.  AS THE TIME WAS APPROXIMATELY 1740 THE PILOT COULD NOT SEE ALL FEATURES OF THE OPEN FIELD AND DECIDED TO MAKE A FULL STALL LANDING ABOVE FIVE FEET.  THIS AIRCRAFT HAD SKIS ON IT SO WHEN THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD THE SKIIS STOPPED ALL GROUND ABSORBSION AND BOTH LANDING GEAR LEGS BENT APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES ABOVE THE WHEEL AXLES.  THE PROP HIT THE GROUND AND BOTH TIPS BENT BACK APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES FROM THE TIPS.  NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS FOUND.  THE PILOT REPORTED TO THE TOWER HE WAS DOWN, AND TURNED OFF THE FUEL AND THE BATTERY SWITCH.  HE EXITED THE AIRPLANE WITH NO ASSISTANCE.  AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED, A TEMPORARY PROP WAS INSTALLED AND THE ENGINE STARTED UP RIGHT AWAY AND RAN FINE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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